Today, witnessing our X29 (Year 10) students lead their TSLCs across the school with their subject teachers sat alongside them, was an amazing event!

With just 12 months between now and the culmination of their Key Stage 4 journey, today wasn’t just an ordinary check-in. It felt like a pivotal moment for our students as they begin to step into the final stretch toward their GCSEs.

Student Ownership

The “buzz” in the Lorax space this evening was unmistakable. It was the sound of authentic student voice in collaboration with their subject teachers.

What makes Student Led Conferences at XP so powerful is that adults don’t talk about the student; the student lead their narrative. Observing our students look their parents and subject teachers in the eye to articulate exactly their performance in mocks, where they stand academically and what they have identified they now need to be working on is incredibly moving.

Students gave sharp, honest, and self-aware reflections, identifying:

• Their Successes: Celebrating the beautiful work they’ve crafted, the progress in their Habits of Work and Learning (HoWLs), and the concepts they have thoroughly mastered during their recent learning expeditions translated in their recent mock exams.
• Areas to Focus Upon: Pinpointing the exact topics, exam techniques, and revision gaps they need to close. Hearing students confidently say, “I need to push my revision into higher-tier content,” and ‘” need to revise the key topics we studied in Year 9 which support the GCSE content” shows a level of maturity.

Culture is built together. Today simply would not have been possible without the shared culture of support for our students by both parents and staff.

The Final Countdown: 47 Weeks to Go

As positive as today was, it also served as a reality check. The clock to the GCSE exams is officially ticking.

Between now and the morning of their very first GCSE exam in May 2027, our X29 students have approximately 47 weeks.

The message leaving today’s TSLCs was loud and clear: Consistent, structured revision starts now.

Engagement in Sparx and Tassomai, utilising your Pinpoint booklets, reviewing your poetry anthologies, re reading your core texts, practicing 18 mark questions. I heard loads of other great tips from the staff tonight.

A pdf of our XP and XP East Study Guide is found below – check out some great tips, we’ll hand out tangible copies at our Y11 evening in September.

#WeAreCrew

https://drive.google.com/drive/search?q=study%20type:pdf

Mrs Salter